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===City plan===
In [[1764]], British civil engineer [[Elias Durnford]] surveyed the town and laid out a street grid which remains mostly preserved to the present day. British Pensacola centered on a large public space which included modern-day [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]], [[Seville Square]] and the space between the two (the area which today lies between [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Alcaniz Street]]s and south of [[Intendencia Street]]). The water line at that time was located approximately where [[Main Street]] lies today. Within the public space was a large fort.
During the course of the British occupation, the five successive Crown-appointed governors of West Florida took up residence in Pensacola:
*[[George Johnstone]] (1763-1767)
*[[Montfort Browne]] (1767-1769)
*[[John Eliot]] (1769)
*[[Elias Durnford]] (1769-1770)
*[[Peter Chester]] (1770-1781)
===British placenames===
